Journal oiler



Nov. 19, 1929. c, SERVAIS ETAL 1,736,374

JOURNAL OILER Filed July 13, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet. 1

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Nov. 19, 1929. SERVAIS ET AL 1,736,374

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Patented Nov. 19, 1929 UNITED STA TES PATENT, OFFICE CHRIS SERVAIS, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA, AND FRANK 'KAZMER, OF SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA JOURNAL OILER Application filed July 13,

This invention relates to improvements in devices for oiling or lubricating the journals of car axles, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a simple device adapted to be placed in a journal box to hold the absorbent packing or waste against lateral shifting, thereby preventing the waste or packing from getting between the bearing brass and the journal to avoid heating of the latter and wearing of the same and the brass.

A further object is to provide a device of the above kind having means for holding the waste or absorbent packing yieldingly against the journal.

Still another object is to provide a device of the above kind which may be readily inserted or removed with respect to the ournal box, and which provides simple and efficient means for preventing dust and other foreign matter from entering the journal box should the lid of the latter be inadvertently left open.

A still further objectof the invention is to provide a device of the above kind which is extremely simple and durable in construction, and thoroughly reliable and efficient in use, as well as inexpensive to manufacture.

The invention consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a journal box having a device embodying the present invention operatively disposed therein. v. V

Figure 2 is a front elevational view thereof, with the. lid of the journal box open and partlybroken away. I

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a horizontal-section on line 44: of Figure 1; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the device embodying the present invention, removed from the journal box and partly broken away and in section.

Referring more in detail to the drawings 5 indicates a conventional form of journa box having in its rear end the usual transverse dust .guard chamber 6 and provided at 1928. Serial No. 292,561.

its front with the usual opening adapted to he closed by the ordinary hinged lid 7. The journal 8 of the axle 9 projects into the journal box 5, and arrangedwithin the journal box and working against .the journals at its upper side is the usual journal brass or bearing block 10 held in place by the key 11 the usual well known manner.

Arranged in the lower portion of the jour, box is a packingor waste supporting plate 12 having its outer end extended outwardly beyond the outer end of the journal 8 and curved upwardly away from the front portion of the bottom of the journal box as at 13, said outer endof the Plate 12 being further extended upwardly across the front opening of the journal box atthe innerside of the latter and adapted to engageat its npperend behind the top flange 14 ofthe journal box provided at the top of the front opening of the latter as shown clearly in Figure 1.. The major width of the plate 12 is at its upwardly extended outer end, and the width at this point is slightly less than that of the front opening of the journal box so that the oilin device may be readily inserted 0r 'remOVe d with respect to the journal box through the front opening of the latter. The plate 12 is formed from a single elongated strip ofrsilient sheet metal, and due to the space at 13, the outer end portion 15 of the plate 12 may be pressed downwardly to disengage its upper end from behind the flange ltwhereby the device maybe removed. On the other hand, when the device is in place, the inner end of the plate 12 abuts the rear wall ofthe journal box and is yieldingly held in contact with the latter when the outer end portion 15 is depressed and flexed inwardly for engagement behind the flange 14;. In this way the plate 12 is maintained under tensionso-that lateral or other displacement thereof is avoided when operatively disposed.

Secured upon the inner or flatbody portion of the plate 12 is a longitudinal series of relag5 tively short helical springs 16, and placed on this portion ofthe plate 12 over the springs 16 is a suitable body of absorbent packing or waste, indicated at 17. This body of absorbent packing or Waste is suitably retained in place upon the plate and over the springs 16 so that the latter will yieldingly press the packing against the lower side of the journal 8 for effectively lubricating the latter. As shown, the fastening of the body of absorbent packing upon the plate 12 is preferably effected by embedding transverse tie wires 18 therein, the ends of the tie wires being anchored to suitable hooks 19 struck upwardly from the plate 12 at opposite sides of the respective springs 16. By drawing the tie wires 18 tightly into the body of absorbent packing, they are effectively prevented from contacting and damaging the car journal, and the tie wires 18 may be readily disengaged from the hooks 19 whenever it is found necessary to renew the body of absorbent packing. In order to avoid interfering with the action of the springs 16, the wires 18 are preferably extended over the body of absorbent material or packing at an angle or inclination as shown in Figure 1, thus permitting free yielding of the packing and free action of the springs 16 in pressing the latter upwardly against the lower side of the journal 8. It will be noted that with the body of absorbent packing or waste held upon the plate 12, said packing orwaste will be retained in the lower portion of the journal box and effectively prevented from passing upwardly between the journal and the bearing brass 10. In this way wearing and heating of the journal and bearing brassis prevented.

7 The springs 16 are preferably secured upon the plate 12 by means of retaining hooks 20 struck'up from the plate 12 and clinched over the lower convolutions of said springs 16 as shown clearly in Figure 1. Moreover, to facilitate insertion or removal of the device, the plate 12 preferably tapers narrower toward its inner end as indicated in Figure 4. In order to prevent entrance of dirt and other foreign matter into the journal box in the event that the lid 7 is inadvertently left open, we provide the upwardly projecting outer end of the plate 12 with a facing 21 of felting material. This facing 21 is of greater area than that of the front opening of the journal box and has its margin left free or unattached to the upwardly projecting end of the plate 12 so as to readily conform to the wall of the journal box adjacent and about the opening covered by the lid 7 This obviously results in eflectively closing the front opening of the journal box and excluding the entrance of dirt and the like. To facilitate flexing of the upwardly projecting end of the plate 12, the same has a bail or handle 22 secured to the upper portion thereof, and disposed so as to lie inwardly of and not interfere with the closing of the lid 7. By the use of this handle a firm grip may be had upon the device to manipulate the same in inserting or removing it as described above. In use, the body of waste 17 is fastened upon the plate 12, whereupon the device is inserted into the bottom of the journal box through the front opening of the latter. When the inner end of the plate 12 abuts the inner wall of the journal box, the upwardly projecting end 15 is depressed and flexed inwardly, and when the downward pressure is released, the upper end of the end portion 15 will engage behind the flange 14 to maintain the plate 12 under tension whereby it is firmly held in proper operative position. hen the device is thus positioned, the waste or packing is yieldingly urged into constant contact with the lower portion of the journal 8 for effectively lubricating the latter as long as a body of oil is maintained in the lower portion of the journal box.

a Minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What we claim as new is:

1. A journal oiler comprising a plate adapted to be positioned in the bottom of a journal box beneath the journal and having a longitudinal series of helical springs secured thereon, means to fasten a body of absorbent packing upon said plate and over said springs, said last named means comprising hooks on the plate at opposite sides of said springs, and transverse tie wires adapted to have their ends anchored to opposite ones of said hooks.

2. A journal oiler comprising a plate adapted to be positioned in the bottom of a journal box beneath the journal and having a longitudinal series of helical springs secured thereon, means to fasten a body of absorbent packing upon said plate and over said springs, said plate having a resilient upwardly curved outer end portion adapted to extend upwardly past the outer end of the journal and across the front opening of the journal box, and a dust shield for the front opening of the j ournal box embodying a sheet of flexible material of a greater area than said opening attached to the upwardly extending end of said plate.

3. In a journal oiler, an elongated plate of resilient sheet metal having an inner end portion adapted to be positioned upon the bottom of a journal box beneath the journal and provided with an upwardly projecting forward end adapted to be'snapped at its upper end behind a flange at the top of the front opening of the journal box, and means to secure a body of absorbent packing upon the portion of said plate beneath the journal.

4. In a journal oiler, an elongated plate of resilient sheet metal having an inner end portion adapted to be positioned upon the bottom of a journal box beneath the journal and provided with an upwardly projecting forward end adapted to be snapped at its upper end behind a flange at the top of the front opening of the journal box, means to secure a body of absorbent packing upon the portion of said plate beneath the journal, and a dust shield carried by the upwardly projecting end of said plate.

5. In a journal oiler, an elongated plate of resilient sheet metal having an inner end portion adapted to be positioned upon the bottom of a journal box beneath the ournal and provided with an upwardly pro ecting forward end adapted to be snapped at its u per end behind a flange at the top of the ront opening of the journal box, means to secure a body of absorbent packing upon the portion of said plate beneath the journal, a dust shield carried by the upwardly proj eoting end of said plate, and a handle attached to said upwardly projecting end of the plate.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatul'es. 

